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Part 1: A Call for Holistic Health and Spiritual Awakening Salutation to the Cosmic Light, Lord of our hearts, Omniscient and Omnipresent. In His Divine Presence, very good evening, dear brothers and sisters. To see you is the greatest joy for me. It is like a joint family occasionally coming together, and so is this event where we are together. We have a tie of spirituality, and this tie is a tie of love and devotion, everlasting. Yoga in Daily Life is a scientific system. Its first aim is health. An Austrian scientist said, "Health is not everything, but everything is nothing without health." In Āyurveda, the first principle is health. It is said: first happiness is good health. Bhela Sukh Nirogikāya: The first happiness of life is a healthy body. That is what we deserve, and we should achieve it through the practice of Yoga in Daily Life: physical health, mental health, social health, and spiritual health. After this spiritual development comes the protection of the environment. Spiritual awakening means that our surroundings should be healthy. Our health depends on our surrounding atmosphere. Before 100 years, 200 years, 500 years, 1000 years, people did not have enough material means. All these technical things were not enough. But still, people were happier and healthier than now. Mégis boldogabbak, egészségesebbek voltak, mint manapság. Now we have all physical comforts. Minden kényelem rendelkezésünkre áll fizikai értelemben. And this technology made everything possible. És a technika mindent lehetővé tett. But still, we are unhappy and unhealthy. És mégis boldogtalanok vagyunk, és az egészségünk még sincs rendben. Why? És miért? Azért, mert leromboltuk a környezetünket, tönkretettük. I think the first and biggest mistake that humans did and are doing is using pesticides. Azt hiszem, az emberek legnagyobb tévedése, egy óriási hiba, a növényvédőszerek használata. Using artificial chemical fertilizer in the fields. And still, humans did not wake up. Still, they did not prohibit or ban this artificial fertilizer. Opposite. They are making day-by-day more gene experiments. It means you are putting poison directly into your body through the air, through the water, and through the vegetables, fruits, and grains. Now, we are sitting here, so many people—a thousand, more than a thousand, two thousand. If we today decide that if you have a garden or a field, you will not put in artificial fertilizer and you will use organic fertilizer, it would be a great step for the health of the people, the health of nature, and the health of the animals. Ez egy óriási lépés lenne az emberek, a természet és az állatok egészsége irányában. On one side, we wish to be healthy. And on the other side, we are taking poison. Now, even if you practice yoga, you can’t be healthy. It’s like driving a car where one leg is pressing the brake and the other is accelerating. Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, I wish to give you good health, but how? If you don’t stop using these pesticides, we can begin a grass project from this evening. We can start a basic plan tonight. Let this begin in this beautiful country, Hungary; let this be addressed to the excellent government of Hungary, that with our signatures we petition for the prohibition of these substances. At least in one district of Debrecen. Let us do something, otherwise the future will be very painful for us. They cannot see how much our children will suffer from this. Let us do something for the sake of our children and the future of the planet. The first step to a healthy body is a sound body. So, we have now arrived at yoga. So, if we possess a healthy consciousness, then we are also aware of our surroundings. The third level is in consciousness, spiritual awakening. What is the purpose of this life? Are we born only to suffer? Does eternal happiness exist anywhere? What is the meaning of this, to be born, to die, to be born, to die? This indeed has a higher purpose. And that is none other than self-realization. That is the recognition of God. When spirituality awakens in our consciousness, we receive the motivation to take action. How do we seek something? How do we attain all this? How do we realize it? And so we have arrived at the yoga of everyday life. Yes. We have already found something for something. And what is it? It is not merely listening. You must practice. With speech. By listening. Our greed cannot be satisfied; it only increases our appetite, but when we eat something, it calms our greed. Therefore, it is said that compared to tons of practice, they do not measure up to even a gram of practice. This lecture is nothing other than an inspiration for you all. If you wish to be healthy, if this is your desire, if you want to lead a healthy life and enjoy your life for many years—I cannot promise that you will live in constant pleasure forever; that would be boring. The first point, please note this well and remember it: Try to eat, drink, and use only organic food. The part of Hungary where you lived, and I believe all of Hungary, is an ungrateful country, yet you lived with a very good plan. Hungary’s fertile soil could feed the whole of Europe. If you are a businessman, or if you want to become wealthy, I suggest you start growing organic vegetables and fruits, vegetables, grains, and milk. Not chemically treated. Do not take what is acquired. Not from a cow that is injected with cortisone every day. After all, this dairy product enters our body. This is the first step: organic nutrition. It could be coffee, it could be tea, it could be whisky, or vodka, or whatever vodka is popular here in Hungary, Ukraine, Slovakia—organic fruit, ladies, natural beautifiers and cleansing agents. You have done wonderful things. It’s called pious things, pious, yes, opposite to sin. Virtuous things, meritorious things. You have two things. There are two things. You become rich. Yes, through this you become wealthy. And you do good things for the health of others and animals. You have also done a great deal of good for the health of other people and animals. You can sell the organic products. Or you can bring them in either as a form of trade, or from India, or from anywhere else. India is also polluted as much as Hungary, or even more than Hungary. India is terribly polluted, just as much as Hungary, or even more so. But still, there are organic things available. But you can still find organic items. Soap, toothpaste, and many, many things. Soap, toothpaste, many kinds of things. So, businessmen and women. Well, dear merchants, ladies, and gentlemen. Do something good for yourselves and for others as well. Do not give poison to others. Now someone might think, as we did, that Swāmījī would speak about his right. What greater right could there be than this? What I am about to say now is the second step. Let us honor every living being, every creation. Let no one, nothing suffer, perish, or be killed because of us. If we cannot wipe away the tears of others, then at least let us not be the cause of those tears. This is called universal love. This is called the heart of God. As compassion awakens in your heart, you suddenly draw near to God. In your heart, you become one with the heart of God. Your heartbeat becomes one with the heartbeat of God. Love. This love heals. It can heal incurable diseases. There is no medicine like love. Love is the greatest, most powerful medicine. Thirdly, when the spiritual, universal love awakens in your heart, your consciousness expands, becoming pure, crystal clear. And your consciousness expands, extending all the way to the consciousness of God. Yet still, your life and your work in this world will be like that of an ordinary person. What could be more wonderful, more beautiful than this? The first point in the notes is organic food. Secondly, love for all living beings, for every creature. And thirdly, to ascend towards God. And this also applies to your children. You will thus create a happy family. No one else can give you this happiness. Only you. And physical health also improves. And the last point. Let us give up half-hearted dieting. This is difficult. If we have eaten two pieces of bread, let us now eat only one. Let us reduce our diet by half. Well, this is not very pleasing. Okay, if we cannot do this, then let us do one thing. Let us eat only when we are hungry. Āyurveda holds that you should eat only when you are hungry. And when are you hungry? When you are hungry, then the ten-day-old dried bread tastes as delicious as the wedding cake. This is hunger. It means that the fire of our digestion is at work. Only the fire of digestion can help us to be healthy. We will be healthy, and we will be healthy, and we will be healthy, but the greatest health problem we face is caused by snacking between meals, between breakfast and lunch. Chocolate, cookie, apple. If there is nothing, then chewing gum. There is always something in our mouth. This is the greatest source of illness. This source of illness is the greatest trouble. In other words, this is largely the cause of diseases. Man must keep things under control. Once there was a king. The king announced, "If anyone can satisfy my goat so perfectly that the goat is completely content and no longer wants to eat, I will give them half of my kingdom." Who wouldn’t want half a kingdom? So everyone put the goat away, and tried to test the goat with many foods. We thank the grass, we thank the salad, we thank the leaves, and the goats’ goat bellies were given a drumbeat, and they were taken to the king. The king said that my goat is now completely satisfied. The king said, "Sell my questions." The king could have been a green salad here. And the goat went over and began to nibble on it with relish.... You do not receive the half-kingdom. You do not receive the half-kingdom. After a good meal, a little cake as well. After a good meal, a little cake. After a delicious warm dish, an ice cream. Coffee after the ice cream. A shot of vodka after the ice cream. After the ice cream, a little biscuit. After the ice cream, a little biscuit. What is the difference between you and the goat? Only your forms differ. And the very source of today’s illnesses is precisely this. Try this for two or three months. Only three meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. But after dinner, at eleven in the evening, do not open the refrigerator, do not empty it, and sit in front of the television, and watch the television, that is it. So, we eat too much. You know that a person consumes two and a half tons of food over the course of a lifetime. Do you know how much that is? A tremendous amount. If you can reduce this to one-tenth or less, you will become very healthy. So I’m sorry if I took away your appetite, but this is excellent advice for maintaining health. If someone is ill and overweight, then they should fast for two days on Monday, consuming only liquids, because we ate too much over the weekend. On Friday, let us not consume anything except liquids. Because we will eat a lot over the weekend. These two-day fasts, on Monday and Friday, or Thursday, will greatly help in maintaining our health. And only eat when we are hungry. When? When the ten-day-old dry bread is as tasteful as the wedding cake. That’s it. My translator, she’s doing this technique. She’s only... She is only eating when she is hungry. It’s a compliment. And I eat what she is not allowed to eat. Thank you. So these are the practical instructions. Then the movements and prāṇāyāmas. Yoga in daily life means to lead life 24 hours according to the yogic principles. Don’t be a yogī just for one hour when you practice āsanas. And therefore, there are some exercises which I would like to show you, and there will be three different categories of exercises. Part 2: An Introduction to Yoga in Daily Life Our body is a natural thing. If we do not move, the body becomes stiff. If we move, the body becomes healthy. If you are not ill, try remaining in bed for ten days. You will become ill because there is no movement. First, for those who are at the beginning, learning the exercises. We have some demonstrators here—perhaps someone Hungarian or Ukrainian, or anybody. Please. Okay, the first part, what we will do for absolute beginners—I would suggest for the very beginners—maybe you can also do it. Let us stand up as we feel ourselves now; then we will compare it with how we will feel afterwards. Palms facing upward. Look at my hands, where are they? That’s it. Now, stretch your hands up and go onto your toes. Belégzés. Exhale. Kilégzés. Tired? Páradtak vagytok? No. Namaste. Now, hands above. Nyújtsuk fel a kezünket. And legs apart slightly. Kicsi térpébe álljunk. If someone’s hands are touching your hands or body, please do not mind. Ha valaki hozzád ér, ne haragudj érte. Inhale. Inhale. Exhale and bend to the side. Inhale. If someone’s hands are touching your hands or body, please do not mind. If someone is touching your hands or body, please do not mind. Inhale. Exhale and bend to the left side. Exhale and bend to the left side. Left. Left... Inhale in the middle. Inhale in the middle. Exhale to the right. Exhale to the right. Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale... Inhale, exhale,... inhale, exhale, inhale, inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale, inhale,... Exhale, inhale, exhale, inhale... exhale, inhale. While exhaling, bend to the right side, your right side, and look at your elbow. Inhale in the middle. Exhale, left side. Inhale. Exhale. Kiregzés, inhale, belégzés, exhale, kiregzés, inhale, belégzés. Now, while exhaling, just bend to the left side like this, twist your body. Kiregzés közben csavarjuk a törzsünket balra. Inhale, come into the middle. Belégzés, ezt forduljunk vissza középre. Exhale, Kiregzés. Inhale, Belégzés. Exhale. Inhale, inhale, exhale, inhale. While exhaling, legs together, please. While exhaling, bend forward as much as you can, and inhale and come up. Exhale, inhale, exhale, inhale. While exhaling, bend forward as much as you can, and inhale and come up. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. While exhaling, bend forward as much as you can, and inhale and come up. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Now put your hands here and rotate your shoulders slowly. Inhale when the elbows are moving backward, and exhale when moving in the front. Kilegzés végén, mikor összeér a két könyök. And now, other side. És most a másik oldal. Irány. Csára. Good. Jó. Hands down. Engedjük le a kezünket. One. Egy. Körme-lés, belégzés. Two. Let’s lower two. One. Egy. And now, compare your body before and now. Do you feel more energy? Again, sit down. Sit down. And so, these are some glimpses—some glimpses of yoga in daily life, how to begin. There is a six-week course for the first level, where there is even only one movement of one shoulder up and down. A very simple exercise: one shoulder up and down. But you do not know what is happening when you move one shoulder up. It heals all these muscles. Thanks to God that you are healthy. We can knock on the door somewhere. There is nothing. But if you are not healthy, if the therapist says, "Can you move the shoulder up?" you say, "No." So, each fine muscle in the body and under the shoulder blades—it is very important to be respected. And this is the difference between yoga and daily life, and other parts of yoga. Yoga is not bodybuilding. Yoga is not a sport. Neither is it what you call gymnastics. Yoga is not a competition. But yoga is a part of your life, a natural way of life. Around the world, in more than 18,000 locations, yoga and daily life are practiced. And every day, people are practicing in these locations. Generally, you can see about 50,000 or 50,000 per location. So, hundreds of thousands of people are daily practicing yoga in their life. And individuals are practicing more than this. So approximately 5 million people around the world get benefit out of yoga in their life. And it is declared as yoga in their life, a very scientific and best system. Many systems came and failed. Sometimes came macro-politics. Sometimes came some different messages, sometimes this, sometimes that, and disappeared. But the yoga and life system, including your country, is solid and increasing day by day in practices. So, no competition, no challenges. Listen to your body. Do not force your body. Love your body. You should fall in love with your body. Then you will become happy and healthy. When you drink vodka, one liter in the evening, do you ask your body, "Do you want that I drink?" Your body will say, "No, please." So, what you eat, ask your body. Do not ask your tongue only. Do not be the slave of your senses. Your senses should be your slaves. Well, when you have done the first course, then comes another beautiful exercise, Marjari. Marjari, look to me. Look this side, facing my side. Thank you. No, no. Marjari. This posture is a perfect one. When you sit in this posture, you feel calm. The stress disappears, and concentration develops because there is a special nerve called Vajranāḍī, which is influenced. The front part of your legs, the muscles are stretched. Your spinal column is straight without extra support. Your digestive system is relaxed. It means your digestive system will be best, with no constipation. No diarrhea. No gastric problems. No acidity problems. After eating, if you can sit five minutes like this, it will solve many problems. It will even cure the hemorrhoid problem. When you sit in this posture, the spine is straight and all the chakras—Mūlādhāra, Svādhiṣṭhāna, Maṇipūra, Anāhata, Viśuddhi, and so on—they are in perfect position, and the function of the chakras becomes very natural and observes more the cosmic energy, and your shoulders are relaxed. When the elbows and shoulders are relaxed, then your neck muscles are completely relaxed. When the shoulders and neck are relaxed, the back is straight, the intestines and stomach are relaxed, then your lungs get natural space so that your respiratory system has more capacity to breathe, and when you are able to take more breath naturally, your body is increasing in the body. Your diaphragm is expanded. It means your heart now has more space. And there is no pressure on the heart. When you sit in front of the table and the chair, looking or writing on the table, looking at the internet, constantly you are giving pressure. Your heart rhythm becomes normal. The anxiety disappears. When the heart rhythm is normal, it means anxiety disappears. Because you now have enough air. And that results in a very good circulation, blood circulation in the body. They are stimulating the circulation. The result of this is that the blood pressure returns to normal. Only through this one posture, the brain becomes free of this stress. Concentration begins, and I think that is why in Islam, when they pray, they take this position. It is a very scientific posture, but people, those who have problems with ankle joints and knees cannot do it. So, beginners, difficult. That is why you have to make the six- or nine-week first course. I can tell you, if you can sit in this posture, already you are enjoying yourself. You feel young. You feel relaxed. You feel happy. And many times, when children are playing, they automatically sit like this. That is called Vajrāsana. And in this Vajrāsana, we will perform one posture called Cat Pose. The cat has got the most beautiful and flexible back. This posture, these movements, will stimulate the digestive system, remove the tensions of the back muscles, make your spinal column more flexible, supply more fresh blood to the back muscles, and stimulate the abdominal region. Again, those who have problems with bleeding, cramps, or spasms—the ladies, during the time of menstruation. This posture is magic for them. Immediately, the cramp will release. So those females who have problems, they should do during menstruation time, especially this Marjari. Also, the hemorrhoid problem will be solved. Constipation will be removed. There are so many good things. If I talk about only this one posture, then we have to organize breakfast from this hotel. So, Yoga in Daily Life has chosen such beautiful exercises. That is why someone said, "To practice yoga in daily life means to lead a very noble way of life." Ezért mondta valaki, hogy a yoga mindennapi életben gyakorlása egy nemes, kiváló életvitelt jelent. One, two, three, four, five, six. It looks very easy, and it is very easy. Seven. Nagyon könnyűnek látszik, az is. 8, 9, 10. Those who cannot sit like this can have the basic position while standing on the knees. You can stand on the knees like this. So if you cannot sit like this because of the ankle joints or the knees, you can adopt this basic posture. One. Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale. Nine. Ten. Thank you. So these are the exercises for the middle class. Half Butterfly. Oh God! So it should be flexible. And then, hold your toes. And full butterfly. Very good, thank you. And then touch your toes. Yes, then slowly, slowly, when you practice, it will come. Practice makes a master. Thank you. And the Lokasen challenge. So now you can see the difference between who is practicing every day and who is not practicing every day. Other direction. Inhale. Kilegzés, Kilegzés, inhale, kilegzés, very good. Thank you. Every movement should be coordinated with the breath. The third level of the exercises of Kathuparanam: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. Well, there are so many exercises, postures, āsanas, more than 900. In your book, Yoga and Daily Life, which is available in Hungarian, Croatian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Czech, all, German. Amai rengeteg nyelven, Magyarul, Czechul, Slovakul, Slovenul, Serbul kapható, and Ukrainian, Ukrajinul is szintén. Yes. So, you will read in the books. El lehet olvasni a könyvet. So, now they will demonstrate some āsanas. They will do what they like, so different, different postures, okay? Just for your looking. Do it yourself. It is good that we have so many practices, and you can see all of them, many of them. In your book, Yoga in Daily Life, it is written exactly what the benefits of these postures are, when and how to do them. And there is a beautiful book also, how to regulate the energy centers in your body, hidden powers in humans. És egy nagyszerű könyv van arról is, hogy az energiaközpontjainkkal hogyan bánjunk, és pedig az emberben rejlő erők. It is very important to observe the chakras and regulate the chakras in the body. Fontos figyelemmel kísérnünk a chakrákat és rendszerezni, és a helyes működésüket biztosítani. And after that, the perfect technique of Yoga Nidrā, the complete relaxation. And after that, the complete relaxation. That is something divine. It is very important that you follow these principles and that you practice Yoga in your life. So, yoga and daily life will make you beautiful, wise, spiritual, healthy, and God-realized. So with this, my dear brothers and sisters, I wish you all, all, all the best that I can: good health, a happy life, a happy marriage, spiritual development, a long life, a happy family, and God realization. God bless you all, and see you again. Hari Om. Thank you.